Falconry

ARISTOCRATS OF THE AIRby Capt. C. W. R. Knight. Williams & Norgate, 1925. 1st edition. Blue cloth hardcover. Emphasis on birds of prey and falconry. Photographs. Format: 8” x 10 Ό”. 166 pp. Condition: Good.

$45.00
A BIRD IN THE BUSHby Lord Kennet. Country Life, 1936. 1st edition. Illustrated in black & white by Peter Scott. Turquoise cloth hardcover, no D.J. No foxing but some discoloration on first blank page. Format: 7 Ύ” x 10”. 147 pp. Condition: Good.

$20.00
A BIRD IN THE HAND - Celebrated Falconers of the Pastby Roger Upton. Debretts Peerage, 1980. Green cloth hardcover, D.J., decorative endpapers. Forward by Duke of St. Albans, hereditary Grand Falconer. Format: 9” x 11”. 160 pp. Condition: Almost as new.

$75.00
BIRD OF JOVEby David Bruce. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1971. 1st edition. Breathtaking story of the taming and training of the only Berkut eagle in captivity in the Western world. Blue cloth hardcover, embossed silhouette of an eagle on cover, gilt letters on spine, D.J. Format: 6” x 8 ½”. 223 pp. Condition: D.J. has edgewear, book is fine.

$20.00
BIRDS OF PREYby Leslie Brown. Hamlyn, 1976. 1st edition. Green cloth hardcover, silver titles, D.J. Format: 7” x 9 Ύ”. 256 pp. Condition: Fine.

$10.00
THE BIRDS OF PREY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDSby J. C. Harrison. Fire Bird Books 1980. Limited edition of 275 signed and numbered copies. This is copy #195. Bound in ½ morocco, slipcased. Format: Imperial folio, 16” x 20 3/8”. 20 full page color tipped-in plates. Decorated endpapers. SCARCE. Condition: As new.

$1,100.00
EAGLES OF NORTH AMERICAby Candace Savage. North Word, Inc. 1987. Black cloth hardcover, D.J. Lavishly illustrated with color photos. Format: 9” x 11 Ό”. 127 pp. Condition: As new.

$15.00
A FALCON IN THE FIELDby J. G. Mavrogordato. Knightly-Vernon, 1966. Illustrated by D. M. Henry and George Lodge. First edition. Yellow cloth hardcover. Twelve full-color plates and three in black and white with tissue guards. Format: 7 ½” x 10”. 123 pp. Condition: Fine. Scarce in first edition.

$500.00
FALCONRY - AN ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTIONby Humphrey ap Evans. John Bartholomew, 1973. Red cloth hardcover, gilt on spine, D.J., decorative endpapers. This copy was originally owned by bird artist, Raymond Ching, and his signature is on the page facing the first title page. Format: 7 Ό” x 10”. 160 pp. Condition: As new.

$90.00
FALCONRY - CARE, CAPTIVE BREEDING AND
CONSERVATION
by Jemima Parry-Jones. David & Charles, 1988. 1st edition. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt on spine, D.J. Format: 6 ½” x 9 ½”. 232 pp. Condition: As new.

$40.00
FALCONRY AND ARTby Christian Antoine de Chamerlat. Sotheby’s, 1987. 1st edition. Green cloth hardcover, gilt title, D.J. Profusely illustrated with falconry art from the 5th century to date. Format: 10 Ό” x 11 Ό”. 255 pp. Condition: As new.

$250.00
THE FALCONS OF THE WORLDby Tom J. Cade. Comstock/Cornell Univ. Press, 1982. 1st edition. Illustrated with 39 full page color reproductions of paintings by R. David Digby. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt on spine, D.J. Very informative book with wonderful paintings. Format: 9 ½” x 12 ½”. 192 pp. Condition: As new.

$55.00
GIFTS OF AN EAGLEby Kent Durden. Illustrated by Peter Parnall. Simon & Schuster, 1972. 3rd printing. Outstanding story of a golden eagle. Blue cloth hardcover, silver decoration, D.J. Format: 5 ½” x 8 Ό”. 160 pp. Condition: Minor edgewear on D.J. Format: 5 ½” x 8 Ό”. 160 pp. Condition: Minor edgewear on D.J., book is as new.

$5.00
GREIFVOGEL - WILDTIERE 3by Ulrich Dunkel. Jahr – Verlag KG, 1978. All photos of raptors. Text in German. Yellow cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 8 Ύ” x 11 Ό”. 159 pp. Condition: As new.

$20.00
HAWKS AND OWLS OF THE UNITED STATES IN
THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE
by A. K. Fisher. Government Printing Office, 1893. First edition. Original brown cloth. 26 color plates. Format: 6” x 9”. 210 pp. Condition: Good. Bookplate.

$100.00
THE HAWKS OF NORTH AMERICAby John R. May. National Assoc. of Audubon Soc. 1935. First edition. Green cloth with gilt titles. 37 color plates by Allan Brooks and Roger Tory Peterson. Format: 7 ½” x 10”. 140 pp. Condition: Fine. Interior, excellent.

$70.00
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS OF PREYby William Mansell. Illustrated in color and black & white by Gary Low. William Morrow, 1980. 1st U. S. edition. Blue cloth hardcover, silver decoration, D.J. Format: 10 Ό” x 12”. 176 pp. Condition: Bottom edge of spine shows moisture damage. Still very good.

$15.00
NORTH AMERICAN FALCONRY & HUNTING HAWKSby Frank Lyman Beebe and Harold Melvin Webster. World Press, 1976. 4th edition. Fourteen full-page color illustrations plus 21 in black & white. Comprehensive text. Beige cloth hardcover, gilt titles, D.J. Format: 9” x 11 Ό”. 331 pp. Condition: As new.

$275.00
THE PEREGRINE FALCONSby Alice Schick. Illustrated by Peter Parnall. Dial Press, 1976. 2nd printing. Burgundy cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 6 Ύ” x 9 Ό”. 85 pp. Condition: Fine +.

$12.00












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